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@northwest I've been eyeing up those Bessey G clamps, but I do recall somebody on here had an issue with a couple of batches of wonky ones - have you had a chance to use them, how do you rate them? I take it that’s a 4” and a 6”. They look quite similar to the old Record 121 pattern which I...

Wahl MC2S here, and the better half is a dab hand with them. A mate has an older version of the same clippers which have lasted him yonks, does it himself with two mirrors.

22mm for the ring or drops for high flow regulators, 15mm for the drops otherwise

Tightening of any screws or small fasteners, typically within electrical/electronics, aerospace, engineering sectors where a value is specified. For example, torque screwdrivers are quite common with this sort of range. Probably not something most people would typically use unless you really...

Ersa I-CON Nano, very nice irons and a full range of tips available. Takes me longer to focus on the components than it takes to hit temperature.

Indeed you do, you don't appear to have nearly enough clamps! :( You got to pump those numbers up. Only start to worry when you have run out of space. :thumbup:

This guy built one: That about sums it up as to all they are really. The "proper" ones you can buy aren't a lot different, just a more gradually tapered T piece. All they do is collect the media from the bottom of the hopper and allow a small amount of air, controllable via the adjustment...

Nice work :thumbup: , if you want to take it to the next level I'd definitely recommend going with a media mixing valve, it just works so much better than the pickup tubes.

"US Pro" toolboxes are also worth a look, you have to pick your models as they also sell a lot of flimsy ones too, but the heavy duty ones are the same as the Harbor Freight "US General" that all the yanks rave about. All cheapy Chinese, but I have one and its decent enough. SGS ones seem...

I reckon @Hood could have that seaworthy in a couple of weekends. Not sure it would fit on an oversized pallet though. :(

I can’t think of too many tools I wasn’t allowed to use as a child, including radial arm saws, routers and lathes. The only thing I didn’t touch was a chainsaw, although my old man was sure to show me how to use one properly - but even then I had healthy respect for them. I always think its...

I had a similar issue, instead I made a horizontal zig-zag over 3m of 28mm copper with a shallow pitch for about four runs. There is a drain at the lowest point. I fed the air in at the lower end and the outlet from the top which then goes into the ring main. I do get water out of the drain if...

If it is a braked trailer you can tow a lot more on your licence than 750kg. Depends on the car and the rated towing capacity, but you can have up to 3500kg of vehicle, trailer and load combined to play with on a post '97 licence. A typical car will usually be rated to tow between 1200 - 1500kg...

You could do a lot worse than pick up a decent brand such as Norgren, Parker or SMC - retail new they are eye watering but can often be found at good prices on the bay of evil. You will need to be diligent in checking part numbers to ensure you get something with the right specifications, in...

I'd rather people were concentrating on the road in front of them and not suddenly performing an emergency stop, manually or computer operated. There are very few occasions an emergency stop is necessary, if the driver is reading the road and paying attention. Anticipation of the road ahead and...

Chap at work had, I believe a Nissan, with Collision Avoidance and Lane Detection. It had some intermittent ECU system fault that the dealers were unable or unwilling to resolve, seemed to spend more time in their workshop than on his drive. It would routinely slam the brakes on when he was...

I would go with a BT landline for monitoring with broadband from your choice of supplier. I think there is a general move away from using PSTN monitoring over to IP - You are going to want a landline based internet connection anyway if you want to view the cameras remotely, they would cost you...

Might be worth having a look at the Texecom products, they seem to be focusing a lot more on integration with home automation and controlling everything via Smartcom and their Texecom Connect app. However, I suspect for best results you might end up with the CCTV being a separate ecosystem to...

I was under the impression that American Standard tapers and Morse tapers were the same thing, machineries handbook seems to suggest this as the taper per foot is identical. However, it is interesting to note that 4.5 only appears in the table for American tapers and doesn't appear to exist as...

That's very intersting indeed. There is certainly some logic to say they may just have used the existing spindle machining process and moved it out a bit to accommodate the larger spindle bore. I suppose there is nothing to say they had to use any sort of standard at all given they were...